guillermotin wrote:Since I started using the "randomize patch" function on the Blofeld, I've become addicted to it.

Just a question: is there anything I should be aware of when using randomizing on the Blofeld? Such as additional settings etc. I don't seem to get anything useful out of it other than harsh industrial sounds...

Regarding your question there are a lot of synths in the Reaktor user library that feature excellent randomising functions.

guillermotin wrote:Since I started using the "randomize patch" function on the Blofeld, I've become addicted to it.

Just a question: is there anything I should be aware of when using randomizing on the Blofeld? Such as additional settings etc. I don't seem to get anything useful out of it other than harsh industrial sounds...

Regarding your question there are a lot of synths in the Reaktor user library that feature excellent randomising functions.

Nothing really special, it's just trial and error.
Out of, say, a dozen generated patches, only one or two are barely playable.
I stick to these and use them as a starting point for editing.

Sometimes it's as time consuming as if I had started from nothing, but what I enjoy is that this approach helps me achieve more original results than editing from presets.

The randomize function on the reaktor synths are a nice touch, and I'm sure other soft synths will also have it. I was just curious to know if there are ways of doing the same thing with hardware synths.

I've used Midiquest once on a Korg Z1 and tried the randomize feature... with terrible results. Hundreds of mute patches, not practical at all. It may be that with other synths it works better. I'm yet to try that again.